{"id":130409,"date":"2026-01-12T17:05:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T17:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/130409\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T17:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T17:05:10","slug":"update-justin-barcia-walks-out-of-hospital-after-scary-anaheim-1-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/130409\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: Justin Barcia walks out of hospital after scary Anaheim 1 crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the opening lap of the Main Event of Anaheim 1 in Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, the debut of Ducati in the SuperMotocross World Championship, Justin Barcia was involved in one of the scariest crashes of recent history.<\/p>\n

Malcolm Stewart rolled into the first bowl turn. Barcia was already committed to jumping into the turn and landed on Stewart. The contact propelled Barcia over his handlebars, and he landed hard and awkwardly. The crash brought out a red flag.<\/p>\n

Barcia lay motionless for several minutes as he was attended to by the Alpinestars Medical team. They strapped him to a backboard, and Barcia gave the crowd a thumbs-up as they wheeled him into the tunnel and to a local hospital.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s up, guys? I hope everyone is well,\u201d Barcia said on social media<\/a>. \u201cI just wanted to get back to everyone. It was a scary night. Tough practice sessions, qualifier went better. And then, yeah, the Main Event wasn\u2019t good. Unfortunately, someone rolled the triple, I was already committed, and I\u2019m pretty sure that\u2019s about all I remember from there. Tough one. I am happy to say I was able to walk out of the hospital under my own power. I got extremely lucky; God was looking out for me yesterday. It was a really scary one. It shows you how quickly everything can be going good, and the next minute it can be gone like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Until the feature, Barcia rode extremely well in Ducati\u2019s debut. He and teammate Dylan Ferrandis finished third and fourth, respectively, in their heat, just behind eventual winner Eli Tomac and another feature podium finisher, Jorge Prado.<\/p>\n

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Jason Chinnock: \u201cWe\u2019re bringing something that will hopefully light that fire for people to keep that passion of motorcycling alive or maybe even start new ones.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m extremely beat up,\u201d Barcia continued. \u201cThroughout my career, I\u2019ve had some heavy hits, but this one is the heaviest of them. I\u2019ve never been so sore in my life. Can\u2019t really move my neck. My back hurts really bad. That was the big worry for us, my back, and I got away with it. I\u2019m good. I broke a little wing in my back \u2014 no surgery. My spine is stable. Everything is really good. I just need to recover from here on out. But I\u2019m thinking my body is feeling okay. Obviously, it is really sore. The next few days will show a lot more stuff, but all in all, I think we\u2019re good, and I appreciate everyone reaching out to me, sticking behind me.\u201d<\/p>\n

The timeline for Barcia\u2019s return has not yet been announced, but the bigger picture is that Barcia will be able to return to riding.<\/p>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t seen the crash yet. Don\u2019t think I really want to see it. I heard it was pretty bad.\u201d<\/p>\n